SCHULE is an independent cultural centre for contemporary art, education and interdisciplinary collaboration, based in a former German school in Šediviny in the Orlické Mountains, Czech Republic.
We connect contemporary artistic practice with local contexts, education, and current social and environmental issues. SCHULE creates a space where artists, researchers, educators, local communities and the wider public can meet, exchange perspectives and work together.
Kulturní centrum SCHULE vzniklo v roce 2022 v budově bývalé německé školy, která po desetiletí sloužila vzdělávání a společenskému životu obce. Na tuto historii navazujeme a prostřednictvím současného umění a vzdělávání zkoumáme vztahy mezi místem, krajinou a společností v kontextu venkovského a příhraničního prostředí.

Art · Education · Society

We see art as a way of understanding the world and as a means of critical thinking, communication and discovering new perspectives together. Our work explores relationships between the local and the global, past and present, people and landscape, as well as transformations in society, education and the environments we inhabit.
SCHULE’s programme is organised around thematic strands that bring together exhibitions, lectures, discussions, workshops, performances and community-based projects. We collaborate with contemporary artists and experts from the Czech Republic and abroad and develop partnerships with cultural, educational, social and environmental organisations.

For 2026/2027, our thematic strands are Construction and Deconstruction, Language and Image, One Plurality, Invasive Species, The Workshop of Humanity, or the Transformation of Schooling, and Sculptures in the Landscape – Coordinates of Presence. The programme also includes artist residencies, a summer workshop week for children, and a Creative Summer School for Teachers.

Locally rooted · Internationally connected

Working from the Orlické Mountains, we address questions that reach beyond the region. We develop interdisciplinary and international projects based on collaboration, exchange and encounters between different perspectives. We are interested in how contemporary art and education can contribute to a deeper understanding of place, society and the changing world of which we are part.

Founder

Kateřina Fojtíková, Richard Wiesner

Kulturní spolek SCHULE, L 14155 vedená u Krajského soudu v Hradci Králové

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